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Fox River Cleanup 2008

[Friends of the Fox River] Cleanup event at Trout Park - Rivers Edge in Elgin, Illinois on May 31st, 2008.

Total trash haul was:
219 plastic bags, 331 beverage plastic bottles, 391 beverage glass bottles, 180 beverage cans, 340 bottle caps & lids, 128 cups/plates/silverware, 343 food wrappers/containers, 15 pull tabs, 8 6-pack holders, 77 straws/stirrers, 283 bait containers, 37 buoys/floats, 36 fishing lines/nets/rods/reels, 3 pallets/crates/drums, 46 plastic line/rope, 31 building materials, 3 furniture/shopping carts, 902 cigarettes/lighters/wrappers, 6 car parts, 3 bicycle tires, 138 pieces of Styrofoam, 11 condoms/tampons, 8 articles of clothing (including pants, shorts, socks, shoes, shirts, and an adult snowsuit), 2 picnic tables, a wooden ladder, copper wire, metal sign posts, a hockey stick, a roll of wire fencing, and more!

[Click here] for a history of Trout Park, or [here] for a description of the Nature Preserve on the Illinois DNR site.
Garbage and Recyclables
Garbage and Recyclables
The Final Haul
The Final Haul
Some of The Volunteers
Some of The Volunteers
Our Boat Gang
Our Boat Gang
Hauling Out Building Material Waste
Hauling Out Building Material Waste
More of the Volunteers
More of the Volunteers